Notes

Source: Conference Committee Substitute to HB 19 as signed by the governor.

2023 Tobacco Settlement Fund Budget

$149 Million (0.3 Percent of Georgia’s Budget)

Georgia receives annual payments from a large settlement signed in 1998 with four of the country’s largest tobacco companies, known as the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. Georgia is not required to dedicate these payments for specific purposes. As a result, the use of tobacco settlement money can vary from year to year, though most of the money in the current year’s budget is allocated to health care.

Source: Conference Committee Substitute to HB 19 as signed by the governor.